experience problems, as this configuration is not well tested. safe_mode is also
not tested and unlikely to work.
-If you want math support see the instructions in math/README
+Support for rendering mathematical formulas requires installing the Math extension,
+see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math
Don't forget to check the RELEASE-NOTES file...
Decompress the MediaWiki installation archive either on your server, or on your
local machine and upload the directory tree. Rename it from "mediawiki-1.x.x" to
-something nice, like "wiki", since it'll be in your URL.
+something nice, like "wiki", since it will be appearing in your URL,
+ie. /wiki/index.php/Article.
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- | Hint: If you plan to use a fancy URL-rewriting scheme to prettify your |
- | URLs, you should put the files in a *different* directory from the |
- | virtual path where page names will appear. |
+ | Note: If you plan to use a fancy URL-rewriting scheme to prettify your |
+ | URLs, such as http://www.example.com/wiki/Article, you should put the |
+ | files in a *different* directory from the virtual path where page names |
+ | will appear. It is common in this case to use w as the folder name and |
+ | /wiki/ as the virtual article path where your articles pretend to be. |
| |
| See: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL |
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